Helpful Hints & Tips Archive

Reuse Your Christmas Tree

Chipped Christmas tree branches make a great garden mulch!

Put Christmas light displays on a timer to save energy costs.

Save on wrapping paper. Use colorful magazine pages to wrap small gifts.

Cut 1″ from the bottom when you bring it home from the lot to keep it fresher longer. Bonus Tip:

Keep your home heating vents free of dust to save on fuel costs.

Don’t baste your turkey. It will cook faster, and stay juicier, if you leave the oven door shut.

Freeze stale and leftover rolls and bread slices (including ends!) and use to make holiday stuffing, croutons, and breadcrumbs.

Buy discounted Halloween costumes in early November to create a kids’ dress-up trunk.

A light mist of hairspray will keep face paint from running.

Your Halloween jack-o’-lantern will last longer if you coat the cut edges with petroleum jelly.